Canada tops list for 2013 Bitcoin software downloads
By nearly all measures, Bitcoin has seen impressive growth, especially over the last couple of months. But where is that growth coming from? An economic researcher at BTC Global has measured Bitcoin saturation by looking at downloads of the Bitcoin client from Sourceforge by country. In a blog post, Colin Osterman notes that, although some people downloading from Sourceforge are simply updating their software, many are downloading for the first time. Sourceforge breaks the information down by day, by country, and even by operating system. Osterman looked at the number of downloads per....
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The Bitcoin Alliance of Canada, the oldest and largest Bitcoin advocacy organization in the country founded by Anthony Di Iorio in April 2013, has announced a host of new updates relating to the Bitcoin Expo, an upcoming event that will take place in Toronto from April 11 to 13. Although there already have been two smaller Bitcoin-related gatherings in Canada, with the Bitcoin Summit in Toronto last October and Coinfest in Vancouver in February, the Bitcoin Expo will be the first major event to have a large marketing effort and attract attendees and speakers from Canada, the United States,....
San Francisco-based bitcoin wallet provider Coinbase has revealed that it officially passed 1 million wallet downloads on 27th February, a major milestone in the lifecycle of the less than two-year-old company. Founded in June 2012, Coinbase is the second most downloaded consumer bitcoin wallet behind rival Blockchain, which passed its 1 million wallet mark in January. But, that doesn't make Coinbase's numbers any less impressive. At the beginning of 2013, Coinbase had facilitated just 13,000 wallet downloads, meaning it saw more than 7,000% growth over the course of 2013. Further, the....
The exchange’s app was also the third most downloaded on the U.S. Apple App Store last week but has since fallen to twentieth. Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com now tops the charts as the most downloaded app for the U.S. Google Play Store across all categories.According to the most recent list of Google Play Store’s top free apps, Crypto.com’s app has surged in the ranks of apps by the number of downloads to jump to the first position ahead of TikTok. Coinbase’s app sits at third ahead of Cash App, while Voyager Digital is tenth following the trading platform’s announcement it would be....
Interest in blockchain technologies in Canada is growing rapidly as new fintech startups and blockchain ventures are launched and governments indicate they are interested in the possibility of Canada becoming a global fintech/blockchain hub. Even the central Bank of Canada is getting in on the act conducting experiments with blockchain technology and digital currencies. A recent AdvantageBC study said that Canada, particularly the western province of British Columbia, is well positioned with technical expertise and a vibrant fintech ecosystem to lead the world as a global fintech hub of....